Greetings Everyone and welcome to another movie review from The Bat's Belfry... I am Belfazaar Ashantison and I will guide you through our movie tonight...

This month's movie is Innocent Blood.

Rated: R

Run time: 113 minutes

Released in: 1992 released to video in 1993

Cast: Anthony LaPaglia, Robert Loggia, Anne Parillaud, Don Rickles, Chaz Palminteri

Director: John Landis

Here is a quick synopsis: This is a different twist on the old 'girl meets boy' stories you might remember. In "Innocent Blood" the twist is that the 'girl' of our story is a vampire with a set of morals while the 'boy' is an undercover cop suspected of having been 'under' for far too long...

Here is a brief rundown for those of you who are new to this movie: Under cover officer Joe Gennaro (played by Anthony LaPaglia) has infiltrated the crime syndicate of Sal "the Shark" Macelli (Robert Loggia), working his way up as a 'driver' for the crime family. During the course of his investigation/infultration Officer Gennaro's immediate boss (whom he admits "was a friend") turns up dead under mysterious circumstances leading to the mob learning the true identity of Joe Gennaro.

IN THE MEAN TIME... Marie, a vampiress that actually has a set of morals and only seeks blood from criminals and low lifes, is making her way towards a new target... Sal Macelli! Within a flash of bad judgement, and possibly just trying to get the reek of garlic breath away from her, Marie feeds from Sal, however, before she can follow her own cardinal rules, she is interrupted and cannot 'disconnect the central nervous system' which makes for a twist as vampiress and officer of the law, run the streets looking to put down this new breed of vampiric criminal.

This in turn leads to an interesting tangle as Marie and Joe Gennaro discover that they have 'feelings' one for the other and serves only to drive them that much harder. You got to check the eyes out... Each mood has its own shade...

Anyway...

I give this movie a rating of 6 out of 10. Not for anything in particular, the story could have been done a bit better, but adding the perpetual night scenes, some good acting from even Don Rickles, and you get a rather entertaining film for those who like the Horror/Romance genres.

Until Next Month...

OH and I almost forgot.... If there is a particular movie you would like to suggest for a review, you can email me at belfazaar_ashantison@earthlink.net

Vitae Dominae

Belfazaar Ashantison

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